Umm, this sounds interesting -- can you give some pointers to the how-to lobotomize a Tini, and to the C-compiler. This does look like a nice platform. David michael brown wrote: > > Then why not just use a CS8900 or RTL3189? The electrical interface put > > me off until I saw the LF1S022, basically an RJ45 jack with all the > > transformers and crud built in. You can buy 'em from www.netmedia.com at > > about $5 each. They also make a $29 embeddable Web server, but it's not > > what you're looking for (it's not really even what *I* was looking for). > > Dale, > > Those little jack/transformers(baluns?) sure make things easier, don't they? > ;-) Man, how do they cram that in there? I've got cheap embedded web > servers coming out of my ears, but I can't find an ethernet interface with a > simple API. ;-D I'm interested in the Tini by Dallas. Cheap, small, > powerful and has all the right parts pre-assembled. Now that it looks like > I can kill the java vm and commandeer the hardware, I'm interested. The > 80C390 is a pretty cool processor. It has very strong integer math > capabilities and a large memory capacity for an 8 bit micro. Also uses only > 1/3 the clock ticks per machine cycle. So with a 40Mhz clock, it should be > about 6 times faster than the 22Mhz Atmel 89S53 I'm currently using. The > "icing on the cake" is that the SDCC compiler I'm using has special support > for the 390. ;-))))) As you have most assuredly surmised by now, it's a > low budget operation over here. US$100.00 or less development boards and > good???? free compilers is where it's at, AFAIC. Plus, there is always much > fun to be had in hacking (oh I mean modifying) something into what I want it > to be. ;-D > > michael brown > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads